Greg Jennings knows about facing a former team. So he had some fun with it.

Jennings, who returned Nov. 24 to Green Bay, grabbed a microphone Wednesday and stepped into a pack interview involving fellow Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson, asking mock questions with a straight face. Simpson will return to Cincinnati on Sunday after playing for the 2008-11 Bengals.

Jennings: “Are you nervous about going back to Cincinnati? Are you scared of the guys that you left to come over here to join forces with the Vikings?”

Simpson: “I’m definitely not scared. That’s not a word in my repertoire.”

Jennings: “Do you have any ill will against some of those guys over there?”

Simpson: “I have no ill will about them, Mr. Jennings.”

Jennings: “Do you have anything you want to say negative about them?”

Simpson: “That’s a great guy, that’s Greg Jennings. I think he was probably scared at that Green Bay game.”

When it came time to answer questions from media members, Simpson got several about his spectacular play for Cincinnati on Dec. 24, 2011, against Arizona.

Approaching the goal line, Simpson did a front flip over linebacker Daryl Washington and landed in the end zone on his feet to complete a 19-yard touchdown reception. It became a YouTube staple.

“Just jumping over a guy and not meaning to really do it, I don’t think,” Simpson said. “It’s just a blessing in disguise because it helped me get my name on the map and it’s what I’m kind of known now for, that flip. … It’s something I hear every week from fans: ‘You going to do a flip for us this year?’ I always tell everyone that’s something that just kind of happens. You never can plan anything like that.”

Simpson also said he wants to move on after accusing an official Sunday of making inappropriate remarks to several Minnesota players during the 48-30 win over Philadelphia. Simpson wouldn’t disclose the nature of the comments, saying only they came after he had been penalized for taunting early in the fourth quarter.

Simpson said he hasn’t heard from the NFL about what he told the media after Sunday’s game and doesn’t plan to contact the league. He said he did talk earlier this week on the phone with Vikings coach Leslie Frazier.

“That’s just something we want to kill right now,” Simpson said. “We don’t need that publicity with that. It’s really nothing to talk about or make any headlines about now.”

Chris joined the Pioneer Press in 2013 to cover the Vikings. He was a longtime NBA writer with the Akron Beacon Journal, Rocky Mountain News and AOL FanHouse. Before coming to Minnesota, he covered the Miami Heat and Dolphins for Fox Sports. Chris has won four awards in the past three Pro Football Writers of America contests. Chris is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he spent his college years watching the losingest team in the history of Division I-A football.

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